SAMOS 6

NSSDC/COSPAR ID: 1962-007A

Description

SAMOS 6 was a US Air Force satellite launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base aboard an Atlas Agena-B rocket. It was a first generation photo surveillance mission of the Satellite and Missile Observation Satellite series. It failed to return the camera and film capsule so the mission was a failure. The SAMOS film return project was cancelled after this mission and the remaining 4 cameras were placed in a warehouse and later used on KH-6 Lanyard missions.